GREYWOLF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Make a note on your calendar to attend Family Math Night and Spaghetti Feed on Thursday, Feb. 26. Dinner will be served from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and math games and activities will be enjoyed in the gym from 6-7 p.m. For more information, call the school office at 582-3300.
HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Recently, counselor Joan Trindle and some Haller parents entered the Zone Center. The Zone Center is where students learn about behavioral self-regulation. The evening started with some of the children being statues in the Zone Museum to demonstrate what each zone looks like, feels like and sounds like.
The zones represent the different emotional states we get into in response to life situations. The students also learn about the different states of alertness that take place in each zone.
After the student zone demonstration, the children went to the library with AmeriCorps members Tabetha Hein and Valerie Foster to hear stories and talk about the zones. The children were given workbooks where they could write about their zones.
Parents stayed behind in the zone center to learn more about the zones and how to help their children use this information at home.
Trindle said, “It is an invaluable skill to be able to self-regulate your emotions. The students and their parents are well on their way to developing good strategies to help them do so.
“We’d like to thank all parents who participated in the zone presentation.”
On March 10, guest speaker Kelso the Frog will discuss problem-solving skills that Haller students are learning and ways in which these skills can be implemented at home. Parents are encouraged to attend.
OLYMPIC PENINSULA ACADEMY
The annual Night of Excellence will be Friday, Feb. 20, in the high school auditorium. Everyone is invited to attend a night dedicated to showcasing the work and talents of OPA students. OPA students will be featured in musical performances, including guitar, harp and singing. There also will be dance routines, ASL signing demonstrations and a brief fashion show.
The public is welcome. No admission is charged, but donations will be gratefully accepted.
Performances in the high school auditorium will be followed by a dessert social and silent auction in the high school cafeteria. Proceeds from the silent auction are used for educational field trips, enrichment courses and drama productions.
Auction items include passes to the Seattle Pacific Science Center and IMAX theater, Kitsap Forest Theatre, a one-month membership at SARC, gift certificates for Blondie’s Plate, Alder Wood Bistro, Applebee’s and other local restaurants, as well as baskets loaded with items that are certain to please everyone’s tastes. For more information, call the school office at 582-3403.
SEQUIM MIDDLE SCHOOL
Honor Roll Dessert Night will be from 7–8 p.m. Feb. 25-26 in the cafeteria. We will honor students who have received a 3.0-4.0 grade-point averages for first semester. Students in grades 6-8 with last names beginning with A-K are invited to attend with their parents on Feb. 25. Students with last names beginning with L-Z will attend on Feb. 26. Invitations to the Honor Roll Dessert will be given to eligible students in their Wolfpack Advisory class Thursday, Feb. 19.
Winter Fest from 3-5 p.m. Feb. 20 will feature activities for everyone, including basketball and volleyball games, a dance, various game rooms, ping pong, foosball, air hockey, crafts room and cookie decorating. Items may be purchased from a snack bar. The cost is $3 with an ASB card and $5 without and $7 at the door. This is open to all students in grades 6-8. Chaperones and donations of cookies and frosting are needed. Call Rick Miko, teacher and Winter Fest facilitator, at 582-3545.
SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL
The Color Guard is part of the Sequim High School Band, directed by Vern Fosket. The group, under the instruction of Nancy Reis, with assistance from Betsy Zumkeller, performs flag routines combined with marching precision and dance choreography to visually enhance the band’s music.
They will travel with the band to California in the spring to march in the Disneyland parade and also to perform for adjudication in the Heritage Festival. Performances include Homecoming in the fall, the Seattle Macy’s Holiday Parade in November, a basketball game half-time during the winter, and a series of parades in the spring, as well as the biannual trip to California.
Most recently, the group performed the program they will perform for adjudication in Fullerton, Calif., in March during half-time at the boys’ basketball home game against North Kitsap on Feb. 3. For more information about this group, contact Reis at nancyhreis@gmail.com.
Choir auditions will be held Feb. 24-25. Please sign up in the choir room.
The ASB Blood Drive will be held in the auxiliary gym on Feb. 24. For more information, call the school office at 582-3600.
There will be an operetta parent meeting at 7 p.m. Feb. 25 in the auditorium.
Spring sports paperwork is due in the school office by Feb. 25.
